In regards to men and the stuff they collect it is not a matter of NEED, but a matter of WANT. The amount of want is governed by disposable means. If all men were rational about their wants and curtailed these to their needs we would be in a terrible depression.

Between wife no 1 and wife no 2, I dated a woman who had 5 children. At the time I had 5 motorcycles. She asked me why I needed all the motorcycles and I answered by asking her the same regarding her children. The topic was closed.

Different strokes etc.